NOMENCLATURE

In general, the AJCN follows the nomenclature policies of the IUPAC-IUB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature. The vitamin nomenclature is summarized at J Nutr 1990;120:12–19, and the amino acid nomenclature is summarized at J Nutr 1987;117:15. Both articles can be accessed at http://jn.nutrition.org. Aurthors are responsible for ensuring that their terminology conforms with these policies. For guidelines on gene and protein nomenclature, authors should consult the following websites: http://www.informatics.jax.org/ (mouse, rat, and chicken), http://rgd.mcw.edu/ (rat), http://www.genenames.org (human and other species), and http://au.expasy.org/ (proteins).

As recommended by the American Society for Microbiology, the spelling of bacterial names should follow the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended) & Index of the Bacterial and Yeast Nomenclatural Changes (V. B. D. Skerman et al. ed., ASM Press, Washington, DC 1989) and the validation lists and notification lists published in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (formerly the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology). Further information on currently approved bacterial names can be found at: Bacterial Nomenclature Up-to-Date and at List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. If authors must use a name that does not have standing nomenclature, the name should be enclosed in quotation marks in the title, when appropriate, and at its first use in the abstract and the text. Correspondingly, an appropriate statement concerning the nomenclaturla status of the name should be made in the text.

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